Sales revolve around marketing, and the floods of social media ad campaigns support this statement. To sum it up, successful promotional material influences how we spend our hard-earned money. The practice dates back to the 19th century, when advertisements started infiltrating the top publications and airwaves of the time.
We live in an entirely different era now, and the majority of promotional materials from the golden age of advertising haven’t aged well. Most actually spark outrage, and in this “woke” era, they would have landed several ad executives the boot. Let’s revisit some of those questionable vintage ads that somehow saw the light of day.